PROHIBITION, PROHIBITIONIST
NOUNS
► AGE OF PAIN Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ALCOHOLIDAY Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BATHTUB HOOCH illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era → 1930s US sl.
► BATHTUB SLOP illicitly distilled alcohol, esp. in the Prohibition era → 1930s US sl.
► DRYNESS a being without alcohol; prohibition → 1910
► METHODIST HELLENIUM Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PROHIBITION ERROR, THE Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► REGIME SEC Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► YEARS OF THE BIG THIRST, THE Prohibition era → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► CELLAR SMELLER a Prohibition agent or temperance campaigner → 1920s US sl.
► CELLAR SNIFFER a Prohibition agent or temperance campaigner → 1920s US sl.
► DRY someone who opposes the sale and consumption of alcohol; a prohibitionist; an abstainer from alcohol → 1910
► MONKEY a federal prohibition agent → 1930 Amer. sl., hist.
► PROHI prohibition, a prohibition agent; a teetotaller → 1930 Amer. dial.
► PROHIDE a prohibitionist; a teetotaller → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PUSSYFOOT an advocate or supporter of prohibition; a teetotaller; also, a person who interferes with or spoils the fun of others; a killjoy → 1919
► WASSERMUCKER a prohibitionist → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► WET an anti-Prohibitionist, who wants alcohol to remain legal → L19 US sl.